Insults To Hispanics Of A Woman In Kentucky Is Viral Video

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

Those responsible for the chain of stores JC Penney have asked for help to locate the two Hispanics who this week were victims of the xenophobic and racist insults of a woman in their premises in a shopping center in Louisville, Kentucky, a type of incident that seems be repeated a lot lately.

The company regretted in a press release that its customers and one of its employees had been "exposed to such discriminatory comments" and said it wants to identify the assaulted women to reimburse them for the purchase money and offer them an apology.

The event took place last Tuesday on the line to pay from the store when, apparently, one of the Hispanic women who had lagged behind in her purchases, joined her colleague who had already arrived at the box and added some t-shirts to the products. to pay.

Then an older lady waiting behind them erupted in anger accusing them of sneaking in. "Go back to where you..you came from," she exclaimed.

Given the bad word, the cashier asks him to please watch his language. But far from doing it, the woman replies: Hey! Tell them to go back to where they should be … If they come to live here, then to act like everyone else."

His explosion of insults does not stop. "You are nobody. Just because you come from another country, that does not make you someone. You are nobody. You are surely under the social assistance program. Perhaps we, the taxpayers, are paying for all these things [that they have bought]", Held.

"It's true! We are paying for all that, for all their food," he adds.

When one of the Hispanic women says "I'm sorry," the irate woman replies: "You speak English. You are in the United States. If you don't know it, learn it."

The video, which has gone viral and is tagged #Exposingtheracism #Louisville and #PrayforAmerica, was taken by Renee Buckner, who explained that she wanted to expose racism in the United States.

"If we ignore it, it will never end … This is what the United States has become: openly and proudly racist."

The Jefferson Mall where the incident occurred wants to identify the woman who profaned the insults to perpetually veto her.

Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer also apologized to the two victims. "I hope this video sparks many conversations with our families, now that we are together for this week's holidays. Conversations about basic human values, dignity and respect," he said.

Events like this have set off alarms as they seem to have multiplied. In the 10 days after Donald Trump's election alone, more than 800 racist or discriminatory incidents were reported, according to civil rights organizations.